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Data Collector Overview and Methodology (version 24)
What are Data Collectors? Data Collectors are the components of the Canary System that connect to a data source to collect the process data to be transferred to the Canary Historian.…
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Installing Necessary Data Logging Components (version 24)
Methodology Understanding best practice architecture is important prior to installation. Whenever possible, Canary Collectors and the Store and Forward (SaF) service should be installed local to the…
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Store and Forward Tile (version 24)
Streams - number of data streams coming through the Store and Forward (SaF) service Buffer - amount of updates, or TVQs (Timestamp, Value, Quality), buffering in the SaF service.…
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How to Configure a Remote Collector when Tag Security is Enabled (version 24)
If Tag Security is enabled within the Identity service, a remote Collector will not be able to write to the Historian by default. The SaF service on the Collector server must be configured to use an…
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How to Configure a Proxy Server (version 24)
A proxy server is needed when a stream of data needs forwarded through an intermediate level in the network, such as in the Purdue Model shown below where there is no direct path from Level 3 to…
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MQTT Collector Tile (version 24)
Within MQTT, the MQTT Collector acts as a "subscriber", consuming data from an MQTT server (or broker) to which devices "publish" data to. The collector supports three payload types: SparkplugB (2.…
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How to Configure the MQTT Collector (version 24)
Create a Logging Session Within the MQTT Collector, tags are organized by connection groups. Each connection group represents a logging session that is writing tags to a Canary DataSet.…
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MQTT Collector - SparkplugB 3.0 Compliance (version 24)
As of version 23.0 Canary's MQTT Collector service supports SparkplugB 3.0. Please see the attached test results above.
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OPC Collector Tile (version 24)
Sessions - total number of sessions configured Groups - total number of groups across all sessions Tags - total number of tags across all sessions Logging - total number of tags that are being…
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How to Configure the OPC UA Collector (version 24)
Begin Logging OPC UA Data Use the OPC Collector module within the Canary Admin to create and manage OPC UA data collection. Within the OPC Collector, tags are organized into Groups,…
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How to Configure the Ignition Collector (version 24)
If using 8.1.31 or 8.1.32, the provider name must match the collector name. A bug was introduced in 8.1.31 (and fixed in 8.1.33) that prevented the module from working properly without the names…
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How to Configure the OPC DA Collector (version 24)
Begin Logging OPC DA Data Run the Logger Administrator application to create and manage OPC DA data collection. Within the Logger Administrator, tags are organized into Groups,…
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How to Configure the CSV Collector (version 24)
There are two files that need created/configured upon installing the CSV Collector: SAF_ImportService.config SAF_Import.config SAF_ImportService.config By default,…
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How To Configure the SQL Collector (version 24)
Overview Canary does not like reading from production tables (for various reasons) so we use a queue table that contains rows ready to be processed. Once we process those rows we remove them from the…
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Store and Forward Buffer (version 24)
Canary’s Store and Forward (SaF) service provides for local buffering of data should the historian server be offline or the network connecting the data collector and the historian is interrupted.…
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How to Backup Buffered Sender Sessions (version 24)
By default, after a buffered session is processed by the Store and Forward (SaF) service, the session file is deleted. Configuring the system to backup the buffered files allows the data to be stored…
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Sender/Receiver Troubleshooting Guide (version 24)
The following article mentions the Sender & Receiver services that may still be used if a Collector is running a pre-24 version. Although the Historian is still compatible with the Sender & Receiver,…
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The Data Generation Tool (version 24)
The Data Generation tool can be installed by selecting it from the Data Collectors list on the Canary Installer. The Data Generation tool can be run by opening C:…
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Sending Data through an OWL Data Diode over MQTT (version 24)
The following article illustrates the configuration needed to send data through OWL's data diode. OWL's diode has an MQTT plugin that allows it to connect to an MQTT broker on both the send and…
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How to Configure the (Modbus/Siemens/Allen-Bradley) Device Collector (version 24)
The Device Collector is used to collect data directly from a Modbus, Siemens, or Allen-Bradley device. Prior to version 24, the Central Admin was responsible for managing these collectors,…
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